Healing and cleaning up in West

April 21, 2013 |Chron.com staff

After the devastating fertilizer-plant explosion, residents begin to move back in and try to piece together their lives.

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Nicole Lopez and her 15-year-old daughter, Gabby, from West, Texas put supplies in a box for Lopez's aunt at a distribution center to help those affected from the West Fertilizer explosion on Friday, Apr. 19, 2013. Lopez said her home was not affected from the blast.

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Nicole Lopez and her 15-year-old daughter, Gabby, from West, Texas put supplies in a box for Lopez's aunt at a distribution center to help those affected from the West Fertilizer explosion on Friday, Apr. 19, 2013. Lopez said her home was not affected from the blast.